Connecting the DoTs: A Summoner Guide

[Sleigh]

I've been doing a ghetto version of my old opener. It is based around my old opener, 3D's extreme speed, and Ruin 3's new potency. Might not be the mathematically top opener, I wouldn't know because this has not been plugged into a calculator yet, but it's enough to beat the A8S dummy with my gear and good crits.

Precast Shadow Flare > B2 > M > B > Swiftcast + Fester > R3 (Shadow Flare instead if you couldn't precast it) > Rouse + Spur > R2 > pot > R2 > RS + Painflare > R2 > Fester + DWT > M2 > Enkindle + Aetherflow + 3D > R3 spam while smashing Contagion, until ender.

Notes about why I made it this way:

- Triple weave is there so you don't have to do an unnecessary R2, and 3D is hideously fast. TA will be dropping close to this point so it's not wise to delay the whole DWT to maximise Ruin 3 usage.
- Ender is R3 > hardcast Deathflare, or R2 > Fester + Deathflare if 2s left on lock, or R2 > Deathflare + Fester with 1s left on clock. Fester gets Raging Strikes no matter what at least.
- Enkindle is before Aetherflow to get it under Trick Attack more consistently. You probably do not lose an Aetherflow or anything of value by delaying it by .5 seconds.
- With the R3 buff, it's REALLY worth it to precast Shadow Flare. It was always was but now it's a pretty major gain.
- Using RS with this timing kind of locks in the DWT timing in a 2F/1P opener. If you use RS at this timing, you can't delay DWT (RS would drop off before Deathflare), and you can't really delay RS because you'll miss out on Painflare and possibly Fester.